Lipstick holder



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LIPSTICK HOLDER Filed Aug. 31, 1928 5 vwgmtoz to M $3n \we 61 Moments m M a.

Patented Dec. 8, 1931 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HENRY W. WILD, OF WATERIBURY, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR '1'0 SCOVILL MANUFAC- TURING COMPANY, OF WATERBURY, CONNECTICUT, A CORPORATION OF GON- NEGTICUT' LIPSTICK 1101mm Application filed August 31, 1928. Serial No. 303,171.

This invention relates to certain improvements in lipsticks and like cosmetic containers in which the lip paste is carried in a carrier mounted in a caslng so that it can be pro- I pelled longitudinally of the casing and exposed for use and wlthdrawn into the casing after use.

The holder or carrier for the paste in this type of stick is usually in the form of a cup which is provided with a projection for engaging the particular type of propelling mechanism which may be employed in constructions heretofore proposed. This projection was usually in the form of a pin which was positioned in the paste holder or carrier.

Furthermore, these prior holders were usually provided with some means embedded in the paste to hold the paste in the holder and such means were commonly the in referred to. The construction and assemb y of these holders employing a pin involved several operations, were slow, and were therefore expensive, and expense is a matter of great practical importance in these articles, which must be produced at a low cost. As commonly constructed, a hole is formed in the holder, the pin placed in the hole and secured in position.

It is the especial object of the present invention to produce a paste holder or carrier for lipsticks of the character referred to in which the projection by which the holder is propelled and the means by which the paste is held in the holder or cup may be formed integrally with the holder and by a single operation, thus reducing the expense of construction and assembly and permitting a holder or cup to be made in a very inexpensive and simple way.

With this and other objects not specifically referred to in View, the invention consists in certain novel parts, arrangements and. combinations which will be described in connection with the accompanying drawings and the novel features pointed out in the claim hereunto appended.

In these drawings,-- Figure 1 is a side view, partly sectional, of an assembled lipstick embodying the invention, the paste being shown as retracted within the stick;

Figure 2 is a central longitudinal section of the construction shown in Figure 1, the paste being shown as protruded from the case, and

Figure 3 is a perspective view of the improved paste holder or cup.

Referring now to these drawings, the lipstick proper may assume various shapes, and the propelling mechanism for the holder or cup may be of various characters. In the particular construction illustrated, however, there is provided an outer casing 1, usually cylindrical in form. Within this casing 1 is- -located a sleeve 2 open at each end, this sleeve being provided with a helical groove 3. Within the sleeve 2 is a sleeve 4 which is provided with a longitudinal groove 5. In the stick selected to illustrate the invention the holder or cup for the paste is propelled by a relative rotation of the sleeves 2 and 4, and in the particular construction illustrated this is effected by a-rotary movement of the sleeve 4. In the construction shown, therefore, this sleeve 4 is provided at one end with an enlarged head 6 which may, if desired, to afford a ready hand grasp, be milled as at 7. It will be observed that the enlargement of the sleeve to form the head provides a shoulder 8, and the sleeve at its other end is formed with a flange 9. The shoulder 8 and the flange 9 are utilized to hold the sleeve 2 stationary, the sleeve fitting snugly between the shoulder and the flange.

In accordance with the invention, a holder or cup for the paste is provided which has formed integrally therewith, in one operation, an outwardly extending projection for engaging the propelling grooves in the sleeves and an inwardly extending projection for holding or anchoring the paste in position in the cup. While these projections may be formed in various ways and the cup may be of various shapes, in the particular construction shown the cup, which is indicated at 9', is circular to coincide with the circular shape of ll 10 casing and, as illustrated, is provided with a bottom 10. Formed in this cup and preferably on one side'so as to be simply formed by one operation is an outwardly extending projection or tongue 11 and an inwardly extendlng projection 12, these projections being formed in one operation by shearing the met- 5 al. It will be observed that the projection or tongue 11 which engages the helical groove in the sleeve 2 is cut out and bent at an angle to the longitudinal axis of the on so that it will engage in and follow the helical groove when the parts are rotated, so that there is no danger of the parts being jammed. 7 With this construction the pin is dispensed with and also the assembly operation of securing the pin in place. Thus the 15 cup or holder may be more cheaply produced than those heretofore used in this type of stick.

Whilethe invention has been shown in its preferred form, it will be understood that the projections on the cup may be formed In various ways and that the cup may be used with lipsticks of other types than that shown and described without departing from the invention as defined in the appended claim.

What I claim is: In a lipstick, an outer casing, an open ended sleeve held in the casing and formed with a helical slot, an inner casing having a longitudinal groove and closed at its bottom end, said sleeve and inner casing being relatively rotatable, a metal paste cup in the inner casing, the wall of said cup being sheared to form two tongues integral with the cup, one of said tongues being out and bent outwardly at an angle diagonal to the longitudinal axis of the cup so as to engage in and follow the helical groove in the intermediate sleeve and the oove in the inner casing, so that on the rfiiitive rotation of the intermediate sleeve and the inner casing the cup is propelled back and forth, the other tongue belng bent inwardly from the wall of the cup and dimensioned to seat in and hold paste in I the cup.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand. 7

HENRY W. WED.- 

